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Former Top Rhode Island Official Ordered to Pay $5,000 Over Infamous Philly Trip. What to Know.
Providence Journal: Former top RI official ordered to pay $5,000 fine over infamous Philly trip. What to know.
This article originally appeared in the Providence Journal on March 26, 2024 and was written by Katherine Gregg and Patrick Anderson.
Below is Common Cause staff’s quote included in the article relating to the actions of former McKee officials on a business trip to Philadelphia.
“Pointing to the much larger issue that the Commission did not deal with head on, John Marion, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island, said McKee was having lunch with a state vendor and a lobbyist and expecting a campaign check at the end, which may be legal, but “isn’t how people think government should work.”
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